1849 50C MS(PCGS#6262)
1849 50C MS (PCGS#6262)
Spring 2023 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 6420
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 11,441
- 详细说明
- 1849 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-1. Rarity-4. MS-62 (NGC). Attractive light golden-gray toning over silver surfaces with a hint of blue in the fields. The strike is firm on Liberty's head, the stars and the eagle's claws. Along the base of the date there are curious raised waves that appear quite different than the often seen die cracks, and are possibly evidence of a repunched date that was effaced by mint workers using a graving tool or files to remove the offending traces of extra digits. Clearly a different obverse die than that seen on the famed Doubled Date variety of the issue (WB-6), yet intriguing nonetheless. Similarly the reverse die has the open top to the left vertical stripes in the shield, which have been carelessly reengraved by a mint worker with extended die lines going clear through all the horizontal shield lines into the eagle's neck. Provenance: From the BASH Collection. Earlier from our sale of the Dick Osburn Collection, August 2011 Chicago ANA Auction, lot 7033. To view all items from the BASH Collection click here. PCGS# 6262. NGC ID: 24HE. Click here for certification details from NGC.